Mayes Co., OK - Obits: Allie Belle Loomis
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Allie Belle Loomis, Adair resident, died at home, near Adair on Wednesday,
October 18, 2006.

Loomis was a Registered Dietitian for the Veteran's Administration. She worked
for 11 years as a Diet Educator for the Tulsa VA Outpatient Clinic. Loomis was
born in Belleville, KS, on March 16, 1925. She attended Phillips University in
Enid. There she met her husband, Loren Loomis, who she married on September
22, 1945. Loomis was a homemaker until she returned to college in 1964,
earning a Bachelor and Masters degree from the University of New Mexico. She
taught home economics and then became a registered dietitian. When Loomis
retired from the V.A. Outpatient Clinic in 1989, she and her husband developed
Holiday Farms near Adair. Loomis was a member of the Disabled American
Veterans Auxiliary and Hidden Assets Investment Clubs of Pryor. She also
belonged to the Oklahoma Christmas Tree Growers Association, Up With Trees in
Tulsa and First United Methodist Church in Claremore.

Loomis is survived by: her sons, Lt. Col. Stephen Loomis of Albuquerque, NM,
and Phillip Loomis of Santa Fe, NM; and daughter, the Rev. Dr. Diana Loomis of
Adair.

Family Visitation will be held 6 to 8 p.m., October 22, and a Memorial Service
will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, October 23, both at First United Methodist
Church in Claremore, with Rev. Ray Crawford officiating. Loomis will be
interred at the Santa Fe National Cemetery in Santa Fe, NM, at 11 a.m.,
Monday, November 13.

In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials be made to the building fund
at First United Methodist Church in Claremore or Up With Trees of Tulsa.
   Published in the Tulsa World on 10/22/2006